ESEPSY1159 By gao.2184 1766 Declaration of independence 1777 British defeated at Saratoga 1778 French join the war against the British 1781 Battle of Yorktown 1781 Articles of Confederation ratified 1783 Peace signed in Paris Period: 1784 to 1787 Northwest Ordinance of 1784,1785 and 1787 1786 Annapolis Convention 1787 Shays' Rebellion 1787 Constitutional Convention 1788 Federalist Papers written 1788 Constitution ratified 1789 George Washington inaugurated as President of the United States 1789 French Revolution begins 1790 Capital placed on the Potomac River 1793 Citizen Genet 1794 Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Indians defeated at Fallen Timbers 1795 Jay Treaty, Pinckney Treaty 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts 1798 Un-declared war with France 1798 Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions 1800 Jefferson elected 1803 Louisiana Purchase Period: 1807 to 1809 Embargo in effect 1808 Slave trade ended 1809 Non-intercourse Act 1812 War with England 1814 Treaty of Ghent 1820 Missouri Compromise 1823 Monroe Doctrine